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VM-2603

RUMSFELD RESPONDS TO QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS TRIP TO MOSCOW AND FOUR OTHER COUNTRIES.

02:03:59256.9

REPORTER ASKS RUMSFELD IF THERE IS ANY EVIDENCE THAT TALIBAN OR AL QAEDA HAVE OBTAINED NUCLEAR WEAPONS "KNOW-HOW" FROM PAKISTANI SCIENTISTS WHO HAD TIES WITH AL QAEDA AND TALIBAN BEFORE BEING TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. "WE KNOW THAT PAKISTAN GOVERNMENT IS NOT MAKING A CONSCIOUS EFFORT TO ALLOW THIS".

02:04:29286.9

RUMSFELD SAYS, "WE KNOW THAT AL QAEDA HAS HAD FOR MANY YEARS. AN APPETITE FOR ACQUIRING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION INCLUDING NUCLEAR".

02:06:39416.9

REPORTER ASKS IF BOMBING OF TALIBAN WAS INITIALLY RESTRAINED FOR POLITICAL REASONS AS REPORTED IN PRESS. RUMSFELD SAYS, "IT IS ABSOLUTELY FALSE". GIVES LENGTHY REASONS. GENERAL MYERS ADDS COMMENTS.

02:09:53610.9

CU FACE SHOT TWO UNIDENTIFIED NEWSMEN.

02:11:04681.9

RUMSFELD AND MYERS SPEAKS TO IMPORTANCE OF NEWS BRIEFINGS AS WELL AS SPEAKING TO THE TROOPS AND AMERICAN PEOPLE.

02:14:40897.9

MYERS SPEAKS OF B-52 RAIDS ON TALIBAN. SAYS THEY DON'T DO "CARPET BOMBING" AS IN VIETNAM UNLESS THE TARGET PERMITS IT.

FEMALE REPORTER ASKS ABOUT ROLE OF "CLUSTER" BOMBS. MYERS SAYS, "IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT CLUSTER BOMBS ARE THE SAME COLOR AS THE FOOD PACKETS". HE SAYS THEY DROPPED FLYERS SHOWING DIFFERENCE. "COLOR OF FOOD PACKET WILL BE CHANGED".

02:22:241361.9

REPORTER ASKS RUMSFELD WETHER THE U.S. STRUCK A PARTICULAR VILLAGE THAT HAD NO APPARENT MILITARY TARGETS AS REPORTED BY TALIBAN. RUMSFELD SPEAKS TO ACCURACY OF TALIBAN COMMENTS.

02:24:331490.9

ORIENTAL, CAUCASIAN NEWSMAN LISTENING TO RUMSFELD RESPONSES.

02:25:381555.9

YOUNG FEMALE REPORTER IN AUDIENCE.

02:29:091766.9

RUMSFELD TELLS REPORTER, "YOU BEGIN WITH AN ILLOGICAL PREMISE AND PROCEEDING PERFECTLY LOGICALLY TO AN ILLOGICAL CONCLUSION WHICH IS A DANGEROUS THING TO DO". CU FACE SHOTS NEWSMEN.

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Year:2001Color:ColorGenre:2000s NEWS

Description:DOD PRESS BRIEFINGS BY DONALD RUMSFELD AND GENERAL MYERS ON NOVEMBER 1, 2001.